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Article: Introduction to disturbances in Cyprus, October 1931.
- Article from:
- Journal of Cyprus Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
- Author:
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This rare document deals with one of the most significant events in the history of modern Cyprus: the 1931 Greek-Cypriot uprising for enosis, or union with Greece. Tensions had grown continuously in Cyprus during the late 1920s. The Greek-Cypriot leadership was angered by British refusals even to discuss the possibility of enosis. In 1929 the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Passfield, had declared that the question of the island's union with Greece was "definitely closed". (1) This coincided with the world economic crisis following the crash of the New York Stock Exchange on 25 October 1929, also known as "Black Friday", which now had its negative effect on the ...